Tickled to death to hear my Criterion video essay, "The Women of The Big Heat," get a shoutout on the Nitrateville Radio Podcast @nitrateville.bsky.social, via the mellifluous Southern tones of Bruce Calvert. He even pronounced my name right! www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.ph...

The smear campaign against Mustapha Kharbouch -- falsely accused of the Brown shooting and MIT murder by powerful politicians, pundits and plutocrats -- is a prime example of how pervasive racism has become. It's also a story largely ignored by the mainstream media www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Marcel Marceau spent the Occupation in hiding & working in the Resistance. His first big gig was performing for 3,000 troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. In 1946 he had this portrait made at Studio Harcourt.

They can take any two large, longhaired tabbies and BAM they've got themselves a Maine Coon factory. Two longhaired white cats? BAM instant Turkish Angora factory. Shorthaired greys? Russian Blue factory. As OP states, nearly 100% of cats are not any breed and there is NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 👍

Whenever I post about this I get snarky people replying "Who cares? What difference does it make." Well, the whole phenomenon of people not understanding what makes a breed and how rare they are is exactly what enables unethical backyard breeders to do what they do.

My column this week. Alabamians often dismiss the bile that comes out of some of our leaders' mouths as performative, or grimly funny. Don't do that with Tommy Tuberville's recent threats against Muslims. He's already signaled that he views many Alabamians as dangers, simply for who they are.

Ah yes, those halcyon days at Columbia when Bari was famed for nobly foreswearing negative stories about pro-Palestinian professors if they did not give a comment on the record. /s

Israel now says it's 'reviewing' killing of 16-year-old Rayyan Mohammad Abu Mualla

Sunrise over Central Park, NYC, Monday Dec. 22, 2025

Marlene Dietrich, Queen of the Capricorns (Dec. 27), welcomes you to Our Season.

there has been research documenting that men overestimate how much women are speaking by a large margin, to the point where if a woman is speaking 30% of the time, she is perceived as “dominating” the conversation (a fun fact I got from Deborah Tannen) www.deborahtannen.com/you-just-don...

Good morning, Bluesky. “I’ve never met a guy who talks as much as me.” —The Holiday— (Actually, I’ve met A LOT of men who talk as much as I do, but they weirdly tend to think they’re Gary F’ing Cooper?)

Happy Birthday to the exceptional Jane Fonda! ❤️

cerulean dreams #CeilingsOnSunday #ChandelierSunday #lüsterliebe

The Brancacci Chapel, Sta.Maria del Carmine, Florence. So much genius in such a small space! Amazing frescoes by the Lippi's, Masolino and especially by Masaccio, whose day is today.

Anthony Powell, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1905, in Westminster, London “Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.” (‘The Valley of Bones’) 📸 Antony Armstrong-Jones (January 16, 1978)

St Mary’s Church, South Cowton, stands alone in a Yorkshire meadow, the village it once served long since vanished. Faint earthworks between the church and nearby South Cowton Castle mark where homes once stood. Built between 1450 and 1470 during the Wars of the Roses, the church and castle were

#AshmoleanAdvent Day 21: Snowy Bridge Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige. The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.

Better shot of our metal Christmas tree. You can see a Poker Flat rocket behind it, hanging on the wall on the left. The tree-topper is, of course, Santa in an airplane. 😃

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

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Irene Dunne with & Ralph Bellamy in Leo McCarey's The Awful Truth, 1937 One of my favourite screwball comedies. This is a wonderful still shot by a master, George Rinhart. In one photo he captures the relationship between the three characters. #stillonset

I'll never forget the way I did my stuff I did my stuff, but you called my bluff You called my bluff and sho' enough My dreams are gone with the wind! Happy birthday, Irene Dunne.

These are hard times for someone who despises beets.

I want to have that Christmas dinner....roast goose stuffed with apples and a double order of apple strudel with vanilla sauce! #tcmparty #Theshoparoundthecorner

The last of the four films that Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart made together was Frank Borzage's prescient examination of the rise of Nazism, The Mortal Storm, also starring Frank Morgan and, sadly, still very relevant today. #TCMParty #TheShopAroundTheCorner

jenny holzer (2012)

Marley was dead: to begin with. Happy publishing anniversary to A Christmas Carol!

“Come To Me” by Johnny Mathis was a US #22 hit in 1958. ⭐️⭐️1/2 #johnnymathis #EveryHitSongEver

Note to @brianlyman.bsky.social and other Alabama paisans: This lady's store is in Montgomery!

My sister Bobbi makes handmade soaps and bath items. She's a blue dot in a red state and a retired veteran. (She's also single, ladies!) If you're looking for holiday gifts, take a look at her store: www.auntbubbles.com

“I don’t care what anyone says, I like that movie.” (so underrated I can't even find a GIF)

Today is Penelope Fitzgerald’s birthday. “‘There’s two ways to be selfish. You can think too much about yourself, or you can think too little about others. You’re selfish both ways.’ No-one can calculate the impact of a blow on a man who has never been struck before.” (‘Human Voices’)

As a cookbook author and recipe developer, please message me about substitutions for my recipes. I’m here every day, I’ll do my best to help. Don’t use goose fat in my Signature Cinnamon Rolls instead of milk. 😭

Realized the person I most want to read on the Reiners died years ago (Dominick Dunne)

"Money isn't dirty. Just people."

Do you have enough fur for today's winter temps, Ann Sothern? Are you sure? What about your ankles? Those shoes with the little bows are awfully cute, but I'd rethink them for slush/ice. (publicity photo, late 1930s)

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.” (Northanger Abbey) Happy 250th, dear Jane Austen! 🎨 after R.W. Buss (1833)

The cold earth slept below; Above the cold sky shone; And all around, With a chilling sound, From caves of ice and fields of snow The breath of night like death did flow Beneath the sinking moon. – P.B. Shelley 1815 #poetry #gothic #booksky #winter❄️

'Winter hares in conversation' by UK contemporary printmaker Angela Harding #WomensArt #ArtAdvent

Check out this list from the wonderful JacquiWine, who's one of the best reasons to be on on BlueSky.

Wanna start your day with good news? I knew that @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social was bringing Nancy Lemann’s wonderfully eccentric novel Lives of the Saints back into print this spring. I didn’t know they’re also publishing a new Lemann book, The Oyster Diaries! Oh, man, that’s exciting.

After reading this I uploaded a .CSV file that I had of my Criterion Collection and made a Letterboxd list of them. Added a ton of functionality to my list. I recommend doing it.

So have I seen Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did not alter her tides and her seasons for that.

For my family, this tragedy is hitting home in a profound way. We lost our son to mental health issues and substance use at 26. Like Nick Reiner, Connor would have been 32 today. I am having flashbacks as I imagine what was surely unbearable pain for the Reiners as they struggled with Nick's issues.

If you enjoy my posts and games about movies and film music, I ask you to take just 30 seconds to read this. And on Giving Tuesday, it would mean the world to me if you - my followers and friends here on Bluesky - could help us in any way you can at connorfund.org Peace. #givingtuesday #mentalhealth

I love a director who loves writers.

Neon signs a-flashin' Taxicabs and buses passin' through the night A distant moanin' of a train Seems to play a sad refrain to the night A rainy night in Georgia Such a rainy night in Georgia Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSeT...

If for some reason I were ever asked to explain the concept of comic timing I would just show someone this scene. As perfect a self-contained masterpiece as Steamed Hams youtube.com/watch?v=H7vk...